Giles Corey (Dan Barrett of Have A Nice Life) Giles Corey

”Sometime in the Spring of 2009 I tried to kill myself. Six months before that, I used a Voor’s Head Device for the first time." This line opens the 150-page book that accompanies Giles Corey, an intensely personal, intimate portrait of depression that took me almost 4 years to make.” - Dan Barrett (Giles Corey)

GILES COREY’s haunting self-titled debut album has gained a fervent cult following over the years, yet no vinyl edition has been produced until now. The Flenser is very proud to offer a deluxe ‘Giles Corey’ double LP box-set, which includes the same 150 page book that accompanied the original version.

Originally released as a limited edition CD + book by ENEMIES LIST HOME RECORDINGS in 2011, ‘Giles Corey’ is the gloomy folk solo project from Have a Nice Life mastermind, Dan Barrett. With ‘Giles Corey,’ Dan has forgone the post-industrial trappings of HAVE A NICE LIFE and the smooth digital resonation of BLACK WING (debut album recently released by The Flenser), in favor of a more intimate singer-songwriter approach. While thematically related to his other work, dealing with subjects like suicide, death and the paranormal, ‘Giles Corey’ feels more personal than anything else in his oeuvre. Oscillating between quiet desperation and cathartic outbursts, ‘Giles Corey’ is dark but also purgative. It is in many ways like a religious experience and certainly not for the frail of heart. The accompanying book is an integral part of the album. Its examinations of the life and times of cult leader Robert Voor parallel the themes within the lyrics and offer further immersion for the reflective listener.